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USGS usp000arq0

27 Oct 2001, 00:05

86 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 6.1 mwc earthquake at 33 km depth.

Depth33 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 86 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-18.494000, 168.108000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000arq0
Coordinates
-18.494, 168.108
Network
us
Significance
572